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"Yoru ni Kakeru" (夜に駆ける, lit. ' Racing into the Night ' ) is the debut single by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their debut EP, The Book (2021). It was released on December 15, 2019, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan .
The Book debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, behind SixTones's 1ST, [6] selling 72,238 copies in its first week. [7] and 146,745 copies as of 2021. [8]It topped Oricon Digital Albums Chart for five consecutive weeks [9] and the year-end chart with 100,656 downloads in 2021 alone, becoming the only album to reach this milestone in the year. [10]
On June 25, Yoasobi announced to release the song to digital music and streaming platforms on July, 2, the same day as "Into the Night", the English version of "Yoru ni Kakeru" and the standalone version of "Encore", and aired the full song on June 29 on their radio show Yoasobi's All Night Nippon X. [5]
Besides "Yoru ni Kakeru", its more two singles, "Halzion" and "Gunjō", also reached top ten on the charts. Yoasobi's second EP The Book 2, released in December, became the duo's first number-one album on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums. Its single "Kaibutsu" became the most-downloaded and streamed song in Japan in 2021, according to RIAJ.
The performances of the song and "Yoru ni Kakeru", broadcast via Premium Music on March 22. [21] "Adventure" was included on the setlist of the duo's first concert tour Denkōsekka Arena Tour. [22] Yoasobi performed on television for the first time at CDTV Live! Live! Christmas SP on December 18, filmed at Universal Studios Japan. [23]
Like "Yoru ni Kakeru", the song is based on another Monocon 2019-winning short story by Sōta Ishiki, Yume no Shizuku to Hoshi no Hana. [33] The next single, "Halzion", sourced from Shunki Hashizume's Soredemo, Happy End, was released on May 11 as part of Suntory's "Immersive Song Project" to advertise energy drink Zone. [34]
Idol" first opened at number five on the Oricon Combined Singles Chart dated April 24, [67] and peaked at number one in the week of May 29, as the duo's second song since "Yoru ni Kakeru", after staying in the top five for five weeks. [68] The song returned to number one in the week dated January 22, 2024, eight months after the first top. [69]
Mikunoyoasobi contains cover versions of seven tracks from Yoasobi's debut EP The Book recorded by Vocaloid software voicebank Hatsune Miku, including "Yoru ni Kakeru", which originally appears on the CD version of Ayase's debut EP Ghost City Tokyo. [3]